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[QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 1095832, member: 127"]
We lose alot of money also.  We sold our most attractive opponents to "neutral" sites where the opponent would outdraw us and win each contest. Now we're spending money to try to attract the 5,550 additional fans we had averaged from 1990 through 2006 with freebies, discounts, package deals.

The only people who were hurt were the core loyal fans who attended every game at the dome through the dark times and were naive in believing that their faith would be rewarded when the team improved. This has been a multiple team deal over multiple years with ND being the worst offender. Wake Forest, Duke football etc never kowtowed to ND etc and their fans will reap the rewards we sold. ND won the negotiations with us and they will continue to for the unforeseen future through coaching and possibly AD changes. That's sad and sadder yet that some still believe that's the only way we can get high quality opponents to play us. With the LSU deal, I'd think some would realize that isn't true. If USC , Penn St, Alabama etc ever dreamed of playing us in basketball then I'd hope any high level negotiator would realize the leverage we have in helping continue re-establishing the respect the football team deserves.
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